繧うん繝げん

noun

ungen dyeing; gradational dyeing technique

A traditional Japanese dyeing method producing a repeated gradation from dense to diffuse color, used in Buddhist art and temple decorations during the Nara and Heian periods.

• 繧うん繝げんは、奈な良ら時じ代だいの仏ぶっ教きょう美び術じゅつでよく見みられる彩さい色しき技ぎ法ほうです。

  Ungen is a coloring technique often seen in Buddhist art of the Nara period.

• この曼まん荼だ羅らの縁ふち取どりには繧うん繝げんが使つかわれている。

  Ungen is used for the borders of this mandala.